Convicted high school teacher facing new sexual assault charges

NEW CHARGES

A Cathedral High School teacher recently convicted of sexually assaulting a student is now facing new charges involving another student.

Giuseppe Graziano, 53, of Stoney Creek, was charged Friday with sexual exploitation, sexual assault, sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching. The charges were laid on the same day Graziano was sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student two years ago.

Hamilton police say the new charges involve a student at Cathedral High School from 2008 to 2010.

It is alleged that Graziano initially approached the student at school in 2008 and that sexual assaults took place in various locations within the school and in other locations outside of the school, police said.

Graziano is scheduled for a bail hearing on Wednesday.

Hamilton's sexual assault unit investigators are seeking further information and assistance from the public. It is believed there may be other victims who have yet to come forward.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Scott Moore at 905-546-4614.

A third set of charges against Graziano for the alleged sexual assault of a young disabled male over a period from 2006 to 2009 were withdrawn by the Crown Attorney's office earlier this month.